Highs may go up a couple of degrees over the next few days. It's going to be hot with highs in the mid 90s. Rain chances are going down too, but it's still possible to have a storm with a lot of lightning and brief locally heavy rain.

00000000000000 TCAST... 000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000 It was hot today, it's going to be hot tomorrow and it's going to be hot through the weekend. Reminds me of the song, "Hot Time Summer In The City." Here's what is happening. High pressure is in the Gulf sending in warm moist air. We had a lot of heating today, and that helped kick off a few storms. We even had a funnel cloud in Chalmette. Terrebonne parish got the most rain. It's doppler indicated over four inches in some places. That rain has all diminished now. We have high pressure aloft over Florida. It shows up well in our water vapor imagery. That upper high is going to build across the Gulf South. High pressure aloft causes the air to compress or sink...and that causes heating to take place. It also cuts down on our rain chances. Keep in mind that we will have lots of heat and also lots of humidity, so the heat index is going to be around 105. That means you need to take some breaks from the heat and cool down during the day. It's a big problem if you are working outside. Here is a look at a twitpic from Houma. It shows all the rain they had today. Looked great though for the Saint's practice at Mandeville high. We had some clouds, temperatures dropped into the mid 80s and there was a nice breeze...nice shot too of Drew Brees. All the Saints talk brought out the future players. Here's Jack practicing to be a kicker. We ended the day with a beautiful sunset pic from Anthony Pollard in Gulfport. The high at the Airport was 92. The average is 91 and we were short of the record of 100. Highs across the area ranged from the low to the upper 90s. The heat index climbed to around 105. Morning lows will drop into the mid to upper 70s and we'll have some low 80s close to the coast and at the Lakefront on the South Shore. Highs will mostly be in the mid 90s. The heat index will be around 105. There's a 20% rain and storm chance. Just because there is a low rain chance does not mean that you can not get a strong storm. There is still the potential for a storm with a lot of lightning and locally heavy rain. We continue to watch the tropics. Invest 96-L now has a high chance for tropical development in the next 3-5 days. It is dealing with dry air and some strong winds aloft which are not helpful in development, but it is over warm water. The forecast models tend to take it towards the northern Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and then the models spread. More models including the global models are keeping it more to the east, and out of the Gulf! This is the time of the year when the tropics heat up, so it's a good time to get prepared. NOW TO TONIGHT'S TRAINING CAMP TWEET OF THE